#1 2015-12-28 20:31:34

woof

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USB bluetooth device, Unable to locate package blueman [SOLVED]

Hi, Im wanting to use my usb bluetooth just to transfer stuff between my phone and PC, Im sure i had already set this up on BL but it must have been on #!. I found blueman to work fine for me but cant remember having trouble finding it last time.

When i try:

al@blxeon:~$ sudo apt-get install blueman
[sudo] password for al: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package blueman

Searching for bluetooth in synaptic the top two results are bluez-firmware and libbluetooth3. I dont think i need these I just want blueman. Any ideas?

Last edited by woof (2015-12-28 21:47:32)

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Re: USB bluetooth device, Unable to locate package blueman [SOLVED]

Well, it is there:
https://packages.debian.org/jessie/blueman

Please post the output of:

apt-cache policy

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woof

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Re: USB bluetooth device, Unable to locate package blueman [SOLVED]

al@blxeon:~$ apt-cache policy
Package files:
 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     release a=now
Pinned packages:
al@blxeon:~$ 

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Re: USB bluetooth device, Unable to locate package blueman [SOLVED]

Oh dear, looks like you didn't select a mirror during the installation.

Also, it looks like you don't have any BunsenLabs repositories enabled

Please post the output of:

cat /etc/apt/sources.list{,.d/*}

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woof

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Re: USB bluetooth device, Unable to locate package blueman [SOLVED]

Odd im sure i did select mirror when installing.
The updates seem to work fine I did them today and got around 140mb of updates including iceweasel.
Not too sure about the BL repositories I probably wouldnt notice if they werent enabled.
After the updates and reboot i ran bleachbit and bleachbit (as root) as usual and delete everything it sugests. not sure if this effects anything.

al@blxeon:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list{,.d/*}
# 

# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 8 _Jessie_ - Official Snapshot amd64 LIVE/INSTALL Binary 20150909-03:19]/ jessie contrib main non-free

# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 8 _Jessie_ - Official Snapshot amd64 LIVE/INSTALL Binary 20150909-03:19]/ jessie contrib main non-free

deb http://ftp.nz.debian.org/debian/ jessie main
#deb-src http://ftp.nz.debian.org/debian/ jessie main

deb http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-free

# jessie-updates, previously known as 'volatile'
deb http://ftp.nz.debian.org/debian/ jessie-updates main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://ftp.nz.debian.org/debian/ jessie-updates main contrib non-free

# added by bl-welcome
# Multimedia repository
deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org jessie main non-free

deb http://pkg.bunsenlabs.org/debian bunsen-hydrogen mainal@blxeon:~$

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Re: USB bluetooth device, Unable to locate package blueman [SOLVED]

After the updates and reboot i ran bleachbit and bleachbit (as root) as usual and delete everything it sugests. not sure if this effects anything

Perhaps.

Your sources are all present and correct so simply updating your package database should fix things:

sudo apt update

Maybe Bleachbit deleted the package database

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Re: USB bluetooth device, Unable to locate package blueman [SOLVED]

You are correct many thanks HOAS.  Blueman is now installed and working.
Bleachbit going a bit far with its cleanup it seems anyway i will continue to use it it usually clears half a GB of stuff when i run it.

Thanks again.

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Re: USB bluetooth device, Unable to locate package blueman [SOLVED]

You're welcome

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